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Post by Yohanan on May 26, 2018 19:12:42 GMT -5
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Post by peterd-Buffalo Spirit on May 26, 2018 21:21:59 GMT -5
… Let us remember their sacrifice and be eternally grateful...
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Post by bonanzadriver on May 26, 2018 21:33:15 GMT -5
Great post John. Thank you !
Thanks also to all of my fellow veterans, those of you still with us and especially those who are not.
Take care
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God Bless
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Post by just ol ed on May 26, 2018 21:41:41 GMT -5
adding my thanx to all in the military, living or deceased. At the h.s track meet today...some wondered why flag displayed at half-mast. Eventually xplained that half on Sat/Sun, full on Monday. Good enuf.
Ed Duncan, Batavia, NY
pipe/cigar since '62
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Post by oldcajun123 on May 26, 2018 23:21:14 GMT -5
 It is always a sad day for me, like to be by myself, smoking my favorite pipe and pondering, not much for parades, lost some buddies and hope we who return are honoring their memories.
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Post by Stanhill on May 27, 2018 5:16:05 GMT -5
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Post by trailboss on May 27, 2018 10:07:40 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2018 12:09:32 GMT -5
So sad to see that society will never advance to end wars.
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Post by trailboss on May 27, 2018 12:42:05 GMT -5
So sad to see that society will never advance to end wars. That would be awesome, but man at his very nature wants to control and dominate his fellow man, microscopically compared to war, but we see it in the people that think it is their duty to wage war against tobacco. |
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Post by Stanhill on May 27, 2018 15:42:29 GMT -5
So sad to see that society will never advance to end wars. Were there two people left on this planet; one on the northern hemisphere and one on the southern hemisphere, they'd meet at the equator and fight it out. |
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Post by Stanhill on May 27, 2018 15:54:52 GMT -5
We do have something in Denmark, called 'Flagdagen' (The Flag Day) where we honour those who served and serve in the Danish Armed Forces around the globe. It's on the 5th of September, a date I'm not likely to forget as it is my wedding day. Each year on the 5th of May, we honour the memory of those who gave their lives in the Danish Resistance Movement during the German occupation 1940-1945.
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Post by trailboss on May 27, 2018 16:56:27 GMT -5
Yeah, the Danes had occupation thrust upon them, even though they wanted nothing to do with the nonsense... when the chips were down, they certainly rose to the occasion.
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2018 17:05:04 GMT -5
The movie, The Best Years Of Our Lives (1946) is a fitting tribute and a fine film to honor Memorial Day. The cast member, Harold Russell was a Vet and lost both hands in defense of Freedom.
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Post by Stanhill on May 27, 2018 17:11:00 GMT -5
Yeah, the Danes had occupation thrust upon them, even though they wanted nothing to do with the nonsense... when the chips were down, they certainly rose to the occasion.There were minor acts of resistance starting shortly after the 9th of April 1940 and various sabotage acts in 1942, but it really took off when the government's collaboration with the Germans ended on the 29th of August 1943, as the government stepped down. |
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Post by sablebrush52 on May 27, 2018 17:55:22 GMT -5
Remembering my oldest brother, Hal, who served in Vietnam and died as a result of exposure to Agent Orange.
Remembering three of my uncles, who served gallantly during WWII, two in the south Pacific and one as a tank commander under Patton.
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Post by Wolfman on May 27, 2018 19:30:24 GMT -5
Thank you for posting this.
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Post by bonanzadriver on May 27, 2018 21:26:57 GMT -5
I find this an appropriate poem, hopefully you all will as well... www.flandersfieldsmusic.com/thepoem.htmlIn Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place: and in the sky
The larks still bravely singing fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the dead: Short days ago,
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved: and now we lie
In Flanders fields!
Take up our quarrel with the foe
To you, from failing hands, we throw
The torch: be yours to hold it high
If ye break faith with us who die,
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
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It is always a sad day for me, like to be by myself, smoking my favorite pipe and pondering, not much for parades, lost some buddies and hope we who return are honoring their memories.
